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Stryker
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In an article discussing ergonomics in the hospital setting, Craig Shepherd pointed out that there are “a high number of musculoskeletal injuries, specifically sprains and strains among nurses aides, registered nurses, and orderlies.” He further states that the handling tasks that are required of these personnel create physical demands that are unique to the hospital industry. Not only are the ...
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Contour Design, Inc.
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Contour Design was approached by a client to conduct a study to determine if the centrally controlled Rollermouse product would improve the comfort of its employees in a 1,000-seat call center in Ohio (OH). The results of this study, entitled “Call Center Study”, are available on the Contour Design website. (19 subjects participated in this study). http://www.contourdesign.com/rollermouse ...
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Contour Design, Inc.
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Pilot Study: Performance, Risk, and Discomfort Effects of the RollerMouse Station
Introduction & Background This report summarizes the results of a pilot study to estimate if the RollerMouse impacts motion savings in keyboard and mouse-intensive tasks and to approximate theoretical potential time savings. In addition, study participants were asked to subjectively rate the usability of the device ...
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Prism Microsystems
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There are a number of steps a healthcare provider must undertake to meet the Technical Safeguards mandated in the Security Rules of Title II (Administrative Simplification) of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
HIPAA calls for tightly controlling and monitoring access to confidential patient information, and specifically calls out event logs as an important vehicle ...
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Vitalize Consulting Solutions, Inc.
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E-prescribing has been described as one of the solutions to improved patient safety and reducing sky- rocketing medication costs. It is estimated that approximately 7,000 deaths occur annually in the United States alone due to medication errors. These errors are predominately due to hand-writing illegibility, wrong dosing, missed drug-drug or drug-allergy reactions. With approximately 3 billion ...
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